February 2012
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Obama's "compromise" on the birth control mandate... →
That’s the nitty-gritty. The fun part of this is that Obama just pulled a fast one on Republicans. He drew this out for two weeks, letting Republicans work themselves into a frenzy of anti-contraception rhetoric, all thinly disguised as concern for religious liberty, and then created a compromise that addressed their purported concerns but without actually reducing women’s access to...
seriouslythoughman:
My wife and I (mostly her) have this super conservative couple as friends. The man is the head of the house and the wife is his servant kind of shit. We recently learned that they don’t want their children calling their genitals by their typical names. Apparently they are too vulgar.
We will start with their daughter since she is the oldest. They want her to call her vagina...
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Shelving books
annaslibrary:
One of the annoyances about being a librarian is the shelving. It’s not necessarily difficult work, but it sure is tedious, especially when I have other things to do, like grading. The tedium is compounded when students, and not just the really little guys, don’t put books back in the proper place. I know they know how to do it, but they’re just careless. If it was just a matter of...
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There isn't a single logically valid, nonreligious...
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spytap:
Not one. And if the only argument you have is that your specific religion disapproves, well, that’s not really an argument at all; at least not in this country.
Truth.
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An Educator's Dialogue With Self
“Why, why don’t they understand?”
“And by ‘they’ you mean?”
“Everyone—the whole lot of them—parents, students, principals, politicians.”
“Many do understand, but they don’t realize what it means.”
“Hell, I don’t even know if I know what it means anymore.”
“Ok, let’s go back to the...
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Some on the right are up in arms over the requirement in the Affordable Healthcare Act re: providing birth control. If Christian religious law trumps our nation’s laws in this case, doesn’t that lay the groundwork for one of their worst fears - Sharia Law?
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Cop Plants Crack on Innocent Couple, Gets... →
A former New York City police detective found guilty of planting drugs on two innocent people was spared prison time after a dramatic courtroom mea culpa Thursday.
“I can’t look at myself in the mirror anymore,” Arbeeny tearfully told Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach, according to The New York Daily News. “Sir, I am begging you, please don’t send...
It seems like there’s a pretty even split on the halftime performance, but I think Madonna was awesome! I liked her choice of songs, the choreography was amazing, Cee-Lo and MIA were a great surprise, and I didn’t think it was THAT obvious she was lip-synching.
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I’m new to Pinterest. Leftyjenkins on there too, so hit me up if you’d like.
Just installed a new theme. I’m diggin’ it. You like?
If you’re like me, you rarely leave the dashboard to go to someone’s blog, so I guess themes don’t really matter that much.
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January 2012
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amwelles replied to your post: I want to get a tattoo of my daughter’s name in a…
I would think a lot of this depends on the tattoo shop and the people working there. You could always go to a local artist and have them design your tattoo, then have it done by the parlor. I’ve known a few people to do that, and it’s worked out well
Yes, now I just need to find an artist. I might try...
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I want to get a tattoo of my daughter’s name in a few weeks. I have the design in my head, but not on paper. Will most tattoo parlors talk with you and design a tattoo like they did on Miami Ink? I’m also not sure exactly where I want it. I’ve been thinking my arm, but now I’m wondering if it might look better somewhere else. Do tattoo artists ever give advice about...
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calcifer155 replied to your post: Okay, I’m new at this biking thing. Is it normal…
yep. many consider them a hazard, others just unaesthetic. I think you can get a collapsible bike stand that’s about the size of a Topeak Road Morph pump that fits in most bike bags, but most just lash the bike to a tree/railing. What model you got?
I’ll have to look at the bike stand option. I think...
Shit. I need to be in bed and I just realized O Brother, Where Art Thou? is on TV. Damn, damn, damn.
And yeah, sure, I could just google all this stuff. But I like talking to all of you.
allisonunsupervised replied to your post: Okay, I’m new at this biking thing. Is it normal…
There’s a bias against kickstands. Weight, etc. I had the shop add one, because seriously.
Yea, I just had no idea. So, people just lean their bikes against something I guess? I think I may have one added as well. Thanks!
Okay, here’s another question for you bike folks: why do people roll up...
Okay, I’m new at this biking thing. Is it normal for bikes to not have kickstands? Can’t even find one on the Giant website.
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On bedtime death panic.
dearcoketalk:
Dear Coquette,
I’ve just recently come to the realization of my own mortality. In the time before I fall asleep, it absolutely terrifies me thinking not about how it will end, but that it ends, period. I know you’ve given this sort of advice before, but I can’t even get past this fear to the part where you realize, “This is it, enjoy it while it lasts.” I feel trapped by the...
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Deficit of trust. I like that.
Rick Santorum on Rape: "Make the best out of a bad... →
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorumexplained his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape during an interview Friday, saying that women who face such circumstances should “make the best out of a bad situation.”
Asked by CNN’s Piers Morgan what he would do if his own daughter approached him, begging for an abortion after having been raped, Santorum explained that he...
ryanetics:
blake500:
All of this is true.
Poppy is still too little to sleep in our bed but I can totally see this coming a mile away
There are some contraptions that make cohabitation pretty easy at Poppy’s age. We have something called a Snuggle Nest that has worked great for us. We used it with Soleil and now we’re using it with Granger.